Morocco's Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Omar Hilale, stressed in New York that the new Security Council resolution on the Sahara issue positions the Moroccan autonomy initiative as the “one and only basis” for negotiating a political solution to this regional dispute within the framework of the Kingdom's sovereignty and territorial integrity.

The United Nations Security Council decided, on Thursday, to extend the mandate of MINURSO for one year.

France's position on the Sahara issue is influencing other European countries to “start to change their minds,” French President Emmanuel Macron said.

The President of the French Republic, H.E. Emmanuel Macron, firmly reiterated his country's support for Morocco's sovereignty over its Sahara on Tuesday at a joint session of the two Houses of the Moroccan Parliament.

In his annual report to the members of the Security Council on the Moroccan Sahara, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres reported the opening, on August 14, of Chad's Consulate General of Chad, the 29th of its kind in the Kingdom's southern provinces, which represents about 42% of the share of African countries.